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Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by PaulRobinson »

Suppafly wrote: post #311
Aurornis wrote: post #289

This is at least the 3rd version of this product idea that I’ve seen in the past decade. Certainly the nicest design! The first time I saw this was some friends of friends who were trying to make it into a startup. They quickly discovered that their users liked the idea of a busy light for the office, but didn’t like to update it on or off throughout the day. So after the first few days people just defaulted to leavi…

> Eventually people will realize the light is busy when the person isn’t really busy Like the geniuses that block off their whole day everyday on their calendar or set their Teams status to unavailable all day.

Doing this every day is a problem.

Doing it 1-2 days/week is the difference between being able to get some focus time to deliver something of value, and just being an internal search engine.

My job has lots and lots of calls. I am happy to leave most of my calendar open. But most mornings, and at least one full day every 2 weeks is mine, and no, you can't have it, you're not entitled to it, it's important to me I have that time to actually do focus work.

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by eXpl0it3r »

eastbound wrote: post #417
Aurornis wrote: post #289

This is at least the 3rd version of this product idea that I’ve seen in the past decade. Certainly the nicest design! The first time I saw this was some friends of friends who were trying to make it into a startup. They quickly discovered that their users liked the idea of a busy light for the office, but didn’t like to update it on or off throughout the day. So after the first few days people just defaulted to leavi…

I’m constantly looking for a physical worktime chronometer. I’d like to track how much I work, and leave after my 7 hours, or log extra time if I overdo it. The only things I’ve found were impractical objects, or apps that cost $10-50 per month because they’re designed for consultants who bill their time. Apps are not accurate while one is in meetings, since the computer is off. The thing is, even for consultants, th…

I wrote a free app [1] for the Stream Deck (not Steam Deck!), with which I can start Clockify timers with a press of a physical button. Yes, Clockify can do more than just checking in and out, but for the simple use case it's free to use and has an API.

[1] https://github.com/eXpl0it3r/streamdeck-clockify

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by blitzar »

ndndjdjdn wrote: post #428
blitzar wrote: post #237

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lying is also a sin and 90+% of the time when people say they are "busy" they are not.

Depends what you mean by busy. I use the "free" designation option to plan work in my shared calendar. I am busy but I am also free for a meeting if needed. In server parlence this might be an async batch processing job. Peope who do 0.8 hours work and collect a full time salary while playing golf and pretending they do 8 are rare I suspect.

I am talking about the "cult of bussyness" form of busy, most people can get their 8 hour day done by lunch even at a leisurly pace.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/busy-work-productiv...

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by [deleted] »

bradhe wrote: post #22
euniceee3 wrote: post #18

Why is everyone complaining on the price tag? It is a product that someone made for profit just like everyone else here is trying to do. Did Hacker News turn into Daily Deals?

It's honestly not even that expensive considering all the functionality you get and the tech included (which is something HN should understand)

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Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by cal85 »

nixosbestos wrote: post #114
schnable wrote: post #75

People be so busy they need to buy a hacker-friendly device and build bespoke integrations with it.

Truly, it's so hard for me to not see this as just dressed-up techie-flavored consumerism. If you can't look at your phone to run a timer without getting distracted, I think there's a different problem to solve. (reminder that Android makes it trivial to not show notifications on the lock screen, or even in the top bar. I see notifications only when I want to.)

> If you can't look at your phone to run a timer without getting distracted, I think there's a different problem to solve.

Say more? What is the different problem?

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by hnlmorg »

blitzar wrote: post #410
jareklupinski wrote: post #329

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the geniuses that block off their whole day everyday on their calendar as someone who leaves themselves open to hear out others with their "hey do you have a second to check this out" ideas y'all are missing out

I have checked your busy / free calendar information and it seems you do nothing around here. We thank you for your service but it is no longer required at this organisation.

I obviously cannot speak for every business in every country, but at least in those I’ve worked at, you’d never get fired for based solely on the number of available slots in your calendar.

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Post by zwnow »

y1n0 wrote: post #402
zwnow wrote: post #400

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True, and if someone tries to avoid communication in whatever way I highly doubt they actually work on meaningful tasks...

Or we work on meaningful tasks that require extended periods of focus and concentration.

Unless you are some cerrah i highly doubt this.

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by zwnow »

ychnd wrote: post #409
zwnow wrote: post #400

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True, and if someone tries to avoid communication in whatever way I highly doubt they actually work on meaningful tasks...

Oh come on. There are lots of tasks where not avoiding communication will set you back long time or even prevent you from finishing the task at all.

Absolute skill issue. These kinda tasks usually demand lots of communication
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